give thanks with a grateful heart

jeremy and i hosted thanksgving for two of the couples in our small group this year. i cooked my first turkey. i am so glad we bought the monster crock pot for easter because it definitely came in handy for our bird. we wound up with quite the spread for just six people.

eric and christina came over after dinner and brought ashley (of course). she has grown so much since we last saw her! they brought dessert, as did adam and kristin so we all dutifully stuffed ourselves some more. thankfully, adam and kristin also brought over their wii, which is the coolest gaming system ever. first, you create your own character that actually looks like you - hair and eye color, eye and nose and mouth shape, body type (although there was no pregnant one for bridget) - and that character retains all your points that you get by winning in the games. the actual game works based on your motions so when we were playing the sports games you actually have to move your arms to swing the bat, hit the tennis ball, golf or bowl. there are attachments for the second hand so you can box. they told us we would be sore the next day and we definitely were! it was great fun. i am thankful that

they left the wii in our capable hands for the week. we do have to give it back tonight at study though. the picture shows jeremy and dan fighting while adam and kristin look on in amusement. after everyone left we stayed up until midnight playing the darned thing. good thing they are out of stock everywhere or i would be in big trouble for never showing up to work. but my serve would be excellent!

!m!